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About Shiru
Industries
Food & Agriculture
Biotechnology
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$46.7M
Headquarters
Alameda, California
Founded
2019
Overview
Shiru focuses on discovering and developing sustainable plant-based proteins for the food and beverage industries. The company uses advanced biotechnology and data science to identify proteins that can effectively replace traditional animal-derived ingredients. Shiru partners with food manufacturers and brands to integrate its proprietary proteins into their products, helping them meet the increasing consumer demand for healthier and more sustainable options. Unlike many competitors, Shiru not only addresses environmental issues but also aims to improve the nutritional value and functionality of food products. The company's goal is to create a more sustainable food system by providing innovative protein solutions.
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What believers are saying
- Shiru's partnership with GreenLab enhances scalability and reduces production costs for proteins.
- The $16 million Series B funding boosts Shiru's AI-powered ingredient discovery capabilities.
- Collaboration with Ajinomoto positions Shiru as a leader in the natural sweetener market.
What critics are saying
- Dependence on partnerships like GreenLab may pose operational or strategic challenges.
- Regulatory approval complexity for novel proteins could delay market entry.
- Consumer skepticism towards AI-developed food products could impact adoption rates.
What makes Shiru unique
- Shiru uses computational design to create sustainable, plant-based proteins for the food industry.
- The company partners with food manufacturers to integrate proprietary proteins into product lines.
- Shiru's AI-driven ingredient discovery platform identifies proteins to replace animal-derived ingredients.
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Funding
Total Funding
$46.6M
Below
Industry Average
Funded Over
3 Rounds
Y CombinatorIndustry standards
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6 month growth
↑ 7%1 year growth
↓ -3%2 year growth
↑ 0%A few months later, Shiru partnered with Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America to develop and commercialize sweet proteins that could replace sugar and sweeteners in beverages and specialty products.
By combining Shiru's AI-driven ingredient discovery with GreenLab's corn expression platform, the companies aim to produce high-performance food proteins that can nourish billions without exhausting the planet's resources.
BERKELEY, Calif., and JONESBORO, Ark., March 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shiru, the leader in AI-powered ingredient discovery, and GreenLab, a pioneer in plant-based protein expression, today announced a strategic partnership to commercialize novel food proteins using GreenLab's proprietary corn expression system. This collaboration expands Shiru's manufacturing capabilities, complementing its AI-driven protein discovery with a high-yield, scalable manufacturing platform that extends beyond microbial and precision fermentation. This partnership enables a path to market for functional ingredients across bioindustrial applications, including sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based and chemically derived ingredients. The initial focus of the ingredient targets Shiru and GreenLab are partnering on is directed at CPG."This partnership brings together some of the best natural protein compounds with a highly productive agricultural production platform to manufacture proteins that are not only sustainable but also scalable and commercially viable," said Dr. Jasmin Hume, founder and CEO of Shiru. "While we continue to leverage precision fermentation in our screening efforts at Shiru, we've always acknowledged that scaling our ingredients can be done via microbes or crops
Shiru launches global RFP to revolutionize sugar replacement with AI.
BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shiru, the leader in AI-powered ingredient discovery, today announced the launch of a global Request for Partners (RFP) aimed at finding a mission-aligned beverage partner to jointly discover and scale a natural sugar replacement. The partnership will leverage Shiru's proprietary ProteinDiscovery.ai platform, which has already distilled over 450 million natural proteins into 33 million uniquely valuable candidates for applications in food, beverage, and beyond. "The future of food isn't about reinventing what we eat—it's about enhancing the foods we already love," said Dr. Jasmin Hume, founder and CEO of Shiru. "We believe the key to unlocking scalable, sustainable sweeteners lies in ingredient innovation at the molecular level, and AI is the driving force behind it
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About Shiru
Industries
Food & Agriculture
Biotechnology
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$46.7M
Headquarters
Alameda, California
Founded
2019
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